Topic: Percival Vickers Marmalade Rd. 189344

[Paul S.]

This, presumably, is only part and I guess the remainder may have been an EPNS stand or support of some sort, since the curve on this little trough means it won't stand unaided.           The glass body is c. 5.5" long, and the Rd. No. was first registered on 16th March 1892 - and oddly on the previous day another 'Marmalade' was registered under No. 189247  -  maybe a sudden peak in a fashion for toast and marmalade       Would be interested to know what the other half looked like, so if anyone can point me at a pic or post one, I'd be grateful, and thanks for looking.

Ref. 'The Identification of English Pressed Glass'  -  Jenny Thompson.

[mhgcgolfclub]

Hi Paul

Sorry cannot help with yours, but maybe yours was a single as I have the other one 189247 which is a double marmalade as shown in first 2 pictures and very similar in shape as yours with a curved base.

I have another older Percival Vickers marmalde reg. 17th April 1883 also a double marmalade with an etched EPNS frame.

Roy

[neilh]

The design registrations only show what you have there - no picture of a top half.

[Paul S.]

Roy - many thanks - don't know for the time being then whether mine was intended as a single or was one of a pair of dishes designed to sit in a metal frame - but obviously a frame of some sort there was.       Since yours are both 'pairs' then maybe that's how they all came.      Must admit they do look good, and useful, when complete - very classy bit of table ware.    I remember my mother always put out the jam, marmalade, sugar, milk and butter in purpose made containers............where have all those refined table manners gone

Neil - apologies - my comments were perhaps less than clear.        I wasn't suggesting mine had a 'top' part  -   the other half I was referring to was the metal stand as shown in Roy's pix.       Presume you have a copy of the pic as shown in the Representations records at Kew.